The Miles Davis Companion: Four Decades of CommentaryThe Miles Davis Companion profiles the life and career of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. From '50s "cool" jazz to '70s jazz-rock fusion to '90s hip-hop, Davis was an innovative musician who always created new sounds and styles. Throughout his career, Davis attacked stereo-types and refused to kowtow to the musical (or popular) press. The Companion draws on profiles, interviews, liner notes, and original reviews of recordings to give a full picture of his work. It also includes essays on the impact of Davis's life and music, his controversial stance toward women and other musicians, and his transformation from jazz musician to cultural icon. |
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Davis has had run - ins with the critics , mostly white , particularly about their opinions over the years about his playing . Down Beat , the magazine viewed by many as the official jazz chronicle , published new favorable reviews of ...
Davis has had run - ins with the critics , mostly white , particularly about their opinions over the years about his playing . Down Beat , the magazine viewed by many as the official jazz chronicle , published new favorable reviews of ...
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But much of what Davis interprets as racism is his own hubris , as when he accuses white jazz critics of having written in the mid - sixties of such black avant - gardists as Ornette Coleman , Cecil Taylor , and Archie Shepp in an ...
But much of what Davis interprets as racism is his own hubris , as when he accuses white jazz critics of having written in the mid - sixties of such black avant - gardists as Ornette Coleman , Cecil Taylor , and Archie Shepp in an ...
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I don't think about critics . I'm the first critic and if I get past me it's alright and I'm too vain to play anything bad . ” “ So what ? ” “ That's your problem , you work it out ! ” " You wouldn't need no NAACP if every Black man ...
I don't think about critics . I'm the first critic and if I get past me it's alright and I'm too vain to play anything bad . ” “ So what ? ” “ That's your problem , you work it out ! ” " You wouldn't need no NAACP if every Black man ...
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